Nahanni Canoeing and Hiking

Black Feather’s Nahanni Canoeing and Hiking trip combines two weeks of paddling in Nahanni National Park with an extra week of spectacular mountain hikes. You’ll reach special places few visitors to the Nahanni ever see.

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We start our trip with a charter float plane flight into Island Lakes. A short paddle down a creek takes us to the Nahanni and on to Britnell Creek.

Caching our canoes and extra paddling gear there, we embark on a 4 day off-river hike to Glacier Lake and the ‘Cirque of the Unclimbables’.

Here several vertical granite walls, part of the Ragged Range, soar over 2,000 vertical feet. We scramble up above treeline and camp in an alpine meadow, surrounded by peaks and glaciers. Returning to the Nahanni, we load our canoes and head downstream through Nahanni National Park. This part of the trip is highlighted by fun class I and 2 whitewater, spectacular canyons, interesting day hikes up tributary canyons and exploring Virginia Falls. This trip is perfect for the avid canoeist and hiker with the time to explore more of the country surrounding the Nahanni.

Photo Gallery
Click the button below to launch a slideshow of photos from previous Nahanni River adventures and trips.

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